Dumping car.



patented July 8, 1913.

4 slREITS-SHEET l.

DUMPING GAR.

APPLlcATIoN FILED AUG.23,1910.

C. "G, HARRLNGTON.

wllnesses: MMV d C. G. HARRINGTO,

DUMPING GAR.

ION PXLED AUG. 23, 1910.y

APPLCAT Patented July 8, 1918.

4 emma-SHEET z.

C. G. HARRINGTON.

DUMPING GAR.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 2a, 1910.

C. G. HARRINGTN.

.DUMPING CAR.

APPLICA'U N FILED AUG.23,1910.

Patented July 8, 1913` 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

| li l I Su I [n Ver: for Clem e111- Harri/f {'0( -To all whom i may concer/z Re it known that "I, CLEMENT (i. Hmmm 'ron'.v residing at und whose posbiice address UNTEB STATES Pi) CLEMENTE?. HREINGTON, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSGURI. ASSIGNQR TO AMFVHCAN CAR AND FOUNDRY QOMPANY, 0F ST. LOUIS, IIIISSGURI. A' CORPORTIN 1" NEW ,'flj

Specioation of Le is St. Louis, Missouri, and being a citizen of the Unlted States, here' invented certain new and useful AImprovemente in Dumping-Cars, 'i of which the. following is n full, clear, and

exact desc-riptioinrsuch as will enable others skilled in the artfto which it appertains to nmke 'and to nsethe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the preferred form of the invention, though it- -is to be understood.that the invention is not limited to the exacbdetails of construction shown and described, as it isobvious that various modifications thereof will occur to persons skilledin the art.

Tn Ysaid drawings: Figure 41 is e View in side elevation of one-half of a. cnr embody7 ingthe features of thepresentinrention the, undisclosed half being 2i 4duplicate of Lhi disclosed. Fig. 2 is :i transverse, vertical section tolken on theplane indicated-b ydine. 2 2 of Fig. V1. 3 is a longitudinal), verticalrugmentnry section tnken'onthe plaine indicated by line 3 3 of Fig. 2, andfiooking in the-'direction indicated bythearrovv. v]`ig. -iis an inverted pian view of one half oLthe cnr showing ille Vhoppers with the door operating mechanism therefor. Fig. -5 is a detail hereinafter"described. Fig.' G is a` frngmentary'detnil View showing a 1portion of the door y(12) with a guiding bracket and stop' thereon, ashereinafter described.

This invention relates to improvements in .steel hopper ears, zind,particnlarly to such as are proridedfwith leverA actuated dumping valves. i Y

Among the objects in lvienwirey simplicity and ellciency of manipnlation'of the operating paris as wel-l as theefective distribntion of sirains.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, l. l indicates the longitwdinzil plat of the center sill, :ind 2, Y2 the side girdeis,.whieh lutter 'form the `sidesof the can. The ear nnry be divided into as many hoppers as preferred, lint .for the purposes ofgillnstration the car is indicated, being vprovided with `:four koppels, two being orranged'side by side in Veach heli-length of the eer, and each consisting of the respective side or ,sigiegirier 2, and front vand rear inclined b ,n of said floor are munged castings v -o. spaced. :ir-er?. and each riveied. to the side guider 2 und extending to and affording e support for the inclini-fi floor fi. Each casting 5 prefersbly` oonsiss of hollow msing. inode up. nest seen in Fig. 5, of side. plates. 5 and a. coimecting cross Web extending :dong i'lae inner inclined edges of ilie pintes i. 'ong the upper liorizontnl edges thereof. and down along the.

outer edges thereof, the. inner ioner edges being left disconnected, and li'i'f-.-said-web 5 receiving the rive-ts with Winoo. the casi ing or casing 5 is conneoted to the side formed Aer-@Unir Laien.

et its zipper inclined` edge with n noei. 6..'

producing :in ear Y, and these two sa each casing are perforated for rerriving a pintle orliingeboit' The center pntes l are. connected at their upper ov cross weils or plntes9--9 exending sioxsfi'ifi'3ly between the siii members und noied thereto. Upon the webs {Tf-9 is arranged n J sha1-pen. cover filato if) riveted oth rwise suitaiiiy secured to the plates Si :ino haring its opposite legis ext-endings downwardij.' uox'oss the. upper edges of the eener siii pistes 1--1 and forming the inner inclined floor 4 of the adjacent hopper. The n'poeredgoofaoh plete 1 is provided :an angie har il`riweied to the pluie l0. said ongle having outstanding liorizo'ninl flange. Between each of the plates i and the contiguous oor 4. are arranged castings or meines 53. constructed exactly like the onsings 5. and riveted to the plate 1 nnd'extending to and snpporiing the contiguous door al. The ik 4 terminates considerable distance above iiie bottom central point of the resoeetive iioppersend the remaining portion ofenffii hopper is Completed liv n mi? of valves or doors l2., one being pivolnllv carried by the pinties 8 of the casings 5. and inelining, when ciosei,

downwardly ond, inwardi-v. to the hotom,

. l Central point or the hopper. :md the other,

being p i-vofrrliy carried by the .piniies P3 'of the musings and inelimng. when closed, don'nwardiy und; outwardly to the www* edge of said rstdoer.

underlaps the respective "l about all of its edges .l rtending flange 13 lyie .ir closed, within the tile upper edges of said doors` i under side of veach door, are designed to engage the pintles 8-8 in the casings 5 and Fia y sustaining the door in engagee pintles, each strap 14 extendthe pair of side plates of the respective casing carryin the given pintle 8. Obviously, as many o the casings 5 and 5a and hinge straps 14 may be provided as desired, but a'pair for each door is usually sufficient. The flange 13, along the lower edge of each door 12, is preferably' formed with a downwardly turned bend 13 adapted to snugly fit a correspondingly shaped por- 20 tion of a pressing 15 extending throughout the length of and centrally beneath the open bottom of each hopper, and terminating at its ends in end flanges 16, 16, riveted to the depending cross plates orbulk heads 17 at the ends of the open bottoni of the hopper. The conformity of flange with the transverse angular form of the pressing insures a snuu, close t of the doors "i2, prnviding aga-ir t springing of the paris or other openings affording opportunity for leakage.

Each door is 'supported in its closed position by a pair of bell crank levers 20Y "El carrying, at their Yends next the doors, shafts 19 on Vwhich are .l-ported rollers 18 bearing against t-.h t r or under faces of the doors.v Each b crank is' pivotally support-ed, the piver comprisingpreferably a fixed pin as projecting from a suitable bracket 22a carried by the respective bulk head 17.

The bell crunk levers 21-2-1, carrying rod 15.1* for the outer door i2, are'continued, in the forni of tint bars 23, and the outer ends thereof proicct beyond the side girder 2 and are tivi'ted, as at 24, for presenting their fiat fa ces toward the outer face of the girder. These levers are connected together by a tie rodv 253% The extensions 23 are bent approximately at the point of the twist 24 for producing an angular portion adapted to when the doors are in closed positi' i. about the horizontal flange of the angle bar 2 of girdci" 2. The outer ends of the 55 extensions are preferably slotted and adep d for engagement -with locking ineinbers 25--25 proiF-cting outwardly from the side aeeo.. de girder 2. The locking members extei through the slots and suit- Cotter 26 retain the levers in raised noted that when the ion, the shaft is pivots 2.2, coinas a ad center, so that the .zsicrred each of the doors wiil straps 141-14, riveted to the be taken up directly by the pivots 22 with no appreciable pressure on the outer portions of the levers 21, such pressure being taken up as a direct longitudinal stress by the short arm 20.

The free arm of each inner lever 2l is pivotally engaged by -a depending link 27, said link at its lower end pivotally engaging a slide bar 82, a rod-28 being provided for and connect-ing the links 27- of the pair ot' inner levers 21 for each inn-erdoor 12. 'lhe inner ends of bars 32 are fixed to slides 2S) carriedon and engagin ways 30, each slide having an up er and a ower flange lapping the upper an lower edges of theirrespective Way 30. A similar slide 31 slidingly engages each Way 30, and is spaced thereon outwardly from slide 29 and connected with slide 29 by the bar 32, said bar being bent or otherwise constructed at its outer end to form an operating handle or grip 33. Vhen the door is closed the links 27 extend substantially vertically above the rod 2S thus practically locking the connected levers :V against rotation. Near the outer end or' each bar 32, the same is formed with an aperture 3:/ registering, when the door l2 is closed.l with a corresponding opening 30 formed in way 30, through which registering openings is passed a removable key or other suitable lockingfdevice 32 for locking'the bar 32 and more electually retaining the parts in a closcdposition. Each bar 32 may be of any desired length, and each link 27 `is preferably ofa length for causing the rod 28 to lie beneathA pressing 15 when the inner door 12 is open, as seen at the left end of Fig. 2. Each Way 30 is braced and supported by stays and braces 34, extending downwardly from part-s of the car body, and each way 30 preferably consists of a flat strip which extends across thc entire width of the car, so as to serve as a way for the slide of the inner door 12 of each ol' the hoppers of the laterally juxtaposed pair.

For guiding and for enabling forcible opening of the doors, when frozen or otherwise stuck in closed position, by movement of bars 19, each of said bars extends through and travels transversely Within a pairof guiding brackets 35 lixedto the respect-ive door 12. At the lower terminus of movement of each bar 19, the out anding flange or web of an angle plato 36 arranged, said angle plate being comprised in the bracket 55, so that the bar is sustained against cxoess downward movement. Obviously, as many brackets 35 may be provided as desired, but two such brackets spaced apart along the door are usually sufficient for each rod 19.

lt is to be observed that each hinge casing 5 nas its attached edge comparatively long- .ig-.ertainty of operation.

respective sill or side girder. The stress of the load is thus distributed from the hinges directly to the sills almost entirely as a downward component and with but .i minimum of lateral or bursting strain. ously, While the means of attachment for vgrious parts hasl been herein mentioned rlvets. and whilevsuch specific means is pr(lv terre-d, `anyv of the known methods ot attachment may be utilized within the spirit. and intent of the invention.

The shifting connectionL between ,the respective doors and their operating bell crank levers,v and the dirertness of engagement of. the levers with the doors, insures ease and Eitherfdoor l2 of any hopper mayy be manipulated independ# ently ofthe when-whereby the `entire load may be discharged near the center of the car, byopening only the. inner doors, or ap-V proximately one-half of the load be discharged atY each side of the ear, by. opening only the outer doors, or the load may he discharged directly downwardly byv opening all of the doors simultaneously. The simul' teneous opening of both doors o'f'one hopper uncovers the openings in the bottom of thathopper, as indicated at the left of' Fig. 2, and its load can thus be practically instantly diseharged` To clo the outer doors, it is only necessary to lift the projecting ends' 23 of outer levers 21 into engagement with locking members 25, which lifting movement, causing travel of rollers 18 along the under side of the door, will swing said door closed, and the retaining pins 26,ma.y be positioned for locking the parts closed. To open said door requires only lthe removal of the pins 26 and the storting of the outer ends of the levers downwardly for moving bar 19 from the line of dead'center, whereupon the door will he released and will open by reason otfthe weight of `the sustained load or may be forced open by engagement of the rod 19 with the guides. The action of the inner set of levers,l for operating the inner door 12, is the saine as that just described, except that slide bars 32are4v shifted longitudinelly in lieu 'of .the swinging movement` of .the outerl ends of the outer levers, the links Q7 transmitting movementfrom slide bars 32 to the inner levers 21.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim s,-

l. n ar dumping car, the combination with av ce1-body and a dumping door there for hingedk thereto, of a pivot' pin lined to seid een bodyanda bell cra-.nk lever pivotally canried on said pivot pin having one of its arms extending intodirect connection with the door for manipulating the same.

2. demping fr. i with e. ear body and or hingefjly thereto, e

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otally conneeteiil at its angle to therar body and `having vone arm provided with direct connections with the door. and slidabe ineens for sustaining; .said lever` with the door ,crmnerted nrni alined u'ithihe pivot ylever and disposed in the lint of .f the. lond :iL-ting on the door, d, ln n dumping rar. the wvnihinntion with a car body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto. ot' a bell crank leu-r im ota-lly supported by the vnr bod)v and haring One arm provided with ronnerlions with the dooy'slidable means tor disposing: .said :firm in the line of stress ot the, load artingr on the door, and means for locking' tlu` levi-r with said arm in such position.

l. In a, dumping car, the combination with a car body and e dumping door there for hinged thereto, `of a bell crank lever pirotally supported by the car body and hav ing one arm provided with eoi'ineetions with the door, the id 'arm being adapted to be positioned for 1delivering the.; iss lotr the load acting upon the door directly to said pivotal support as e dii-eet longitudinally feompressing strain on said erin, and slidable means for lockingl the other firm ot the lever against movenlent when the tirstonenn tioned arm is so positioned.

ln a dumping car, the combination with a car body and n dumping door therefor hinged thereto, of awpair ,of.i nlilotaillvy,',4

mounted bell rranh'ileyexs engaging said door for manipulating the salmi. :ind meansI spaced from the pivots ot' said levers (-onnec-ting said levers together.

6. ln ay dumping rar, tln` rtfmbinatmn with a car body and a dumpingv door therefor hinged thereto, ot' n pair of bell crank levels pivot-ally sustained by the car body and connected with said door t'or manipulating the saine, and slidfible ineens for seein-ing said levers in position for'lof-king said door in a closed position.

7. .in :i dumping car, the combination with a oar body anda dumping door there;

for hinged thereto, of a, bell crank lever pivotally supported beneath the rar bddy adapted to engage said door for manipulating the same and retaining the door inpositions controlled by thev lever, and slidaible means having link connection with said lever for locking said lever in one position.

8. In a dumping car, the combination with a ear body end a dumping door therefor hinged thereto, of a bellA crank lever pivotally sustained beneath thev door, aguiding bracket carried by the door, a rod carried by 'one arm of the lever and extending through said guiding bracket and havingr a beerin engaging said door, and an angle plate extending in the pat-h of movement ot the red;

In e dumping ear, the combination Xed tothe' door and having a flange with a car body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto, of a bell crank lever ivotally sustained beneath the door, a gui ing bracket. carried bythe door, and a rod C arried by one arm of the lever and extending through the. guiding bracket and having a bearing engaging the door, Said guiding bracket comprising an angle plate having a flange. extending into the path of movementofv the rod.

10. In a dumping car, t-he combination with a. hopper having au open bot-tom, of a' centrally disposed plate extending across beneathsaid opening and formed transversely angular with the apex of the angle directed upwardly, and doers closing said opening, and each formed with an edge flange bent transversely to contorni to the transverse contour of the cross plate and adapted to fit snugly against the saine when the doors are closed. Y

11. In a dumping ear. thecoinbna'tion with a hopper having an open bottoni, of a centrally disposed plate extending across said opening and formed angular in cross section with the apex ot' the angle upperinost'and having a. plurality ot transverse angular bends. and doors for closing Said opening. eaeb having` an edge flange. bent transversely to conform to the transverse contour ot the. cross plate and adapted to fit `snugly against the saine when closed.

l2. [n a dumping ear. the combination with a ear body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto. ot a guide-way extending transversely ot the axis of pivotal move,- nient of the. door. a slide mounted on said guide-way` a bell crank lever controlling and actuating lsaid door, and connect-ions bctween the slide. and lever for enabling manipulation of the lever by actuation of the slide.

13. In a dumping ear, the combina-tion with a ear body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto. of a. bell crank lever hinged to swing in the saine planes with the door and engaging (hedoor for manipulating the same, a guide-way disposed Vtransvel-eel)v of the axis of the bell cra-nk lever, and a slide engaging said guide-way and connected with Said lever for aetnatng and controlling the same.

14. In a dumping car. the combination with a car body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto, of a pair of bell crank levers pivetally sustained independently of the door and engaging the same for actuating and controllingr the door, a pair ofguideways, slides engaging said guide-Ways, means connect-ing the slides together, and means connecting the slides to the bell crank levers for actuatingr and controlling said levers.

15. In a door operating device, the combination comprising a door. a bell crank lever rockably mounted belowv said door when in door open.

closed position, a stop for limiting the movement of said lever in one direct-ion, and means engaged by said lever While moving away from said stop adapted for forcing the 16. In a dumping .car,. the combination with a car body and' afdiimping doei-r therefor hinged thereto, ofta bell crank lever engaging and adapted to actuate and control said door. a link pivoted to said bell cranklever, and a slide pivot-ally connected to saidlink for actuating and controlling the lever.

17. In a dumping car,.the combination with a ear body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto. of a plurality of bell.

crank levers carried by the car body, adapted for manipulating said door, means connecting said levers together, and door engaging means carried by said connecting means.

18. In a dumping Car, the combination with a car body and a dumping door there--A for hinged thereto. of a bell crank lever pivotally supported by the car body andi being adapted to be moved into position for transmitting the weight-,of the door .aiirectly to the pivotal support of said lever, and slidable means for sustaining said lever in such position.

19. In a dumping car, the combination with a ear body and a dumping door therefor hinged thereto, along one. of the sides ot said door, a pair of bell crank levers disposed one at each end of said door spaced from the path of movement thereof, means extending between and connecting said levers beneath said door, and 'door engaging means carried by said connecting means.

9.0. In a dumping car, the combination' with a car body and a dumping door hinged thereto along one edge. of said door, a pair of bell crank levers disposed one :tt-each end of the door beingr spaced from the path of movement thereof, means extending between and connecting said levers beneath said door, door engaging means 'carried by said connecting means. .and slidable means fo" operating said bell cranks.

21. In a dumping car, the combination with a ear body and a dumping' door therefor hingedA thereto along one side of said. door, a pair ot bell crank levers disposed one at each end of the door being spaced from the path of movement thereof, means exten/ding between and connecting said levers beneath said door, door engaging means carried by said Vconnecting means, and slidable means having link connections with said bell cranks for operating the same.v

22. ln a dumping car, the combination. with a ear body and a dumping door there.- tor hinged thereto along one side of said door. a pair of bell vcrank levers for operating said door disposed one at each end of ias bell crank l 2.3. In :i dumping csr, he comhinazion nii-n n car bodyY and a dininningdo-n' there forv hinged ilnereto niong one side of said door, a pair of .heil crankslevers .for oper sting said door disposed one at each end of the door beingr spaced from the path oi n'iovemcnt there-of.. means extending between .and connecting lever.`- beneath vsaid door, and guiding brackets carried by the door and extemiling about said connecting ,iHH-H3115, wf;- I,

if, Iniradnmping cer the'combination Willi; `a earhody comprising a hopper, of a pair ofydoors closing said hopper and hell crank levers having fixed f'ulciums and en gag-ing said doors for operating said doors.

In e dumping car, an underframe, a drop door hinge-d to said nnderfraine and adapted to swing to vertical position, a door actuating. mechanism including a xcdlv pivoted lever, and means forming a positive. and sliding connection between one end of' the iever and the door.

In :i dumping car, the. combination with a rali body and. under'rame, of a plurality of converging dumping doors forniing part of' n hopper, a bell crank lever having a' Fixed fu'lcrum within the uuderrame and adapted to actuele one of said doors in either direction.

Q7. In a dumping car, the combination l with'acar body, and a piurality of dumping doors forming a hopper in said car' body, hulk' heads beneath Said hopper at opposite ends of said doors, and hell crank mechanism carried by said boli: heads for operating said doors.

i 2S. In a dumping car, the .combination with n car body and a. plnrnliiy o' dumping doors forming a hopper in said car body, hulk heads heneatheaid hopper at opposite ends of said doors, and means carried by said hulk' 'heads for indeiwndently operat-V ing each of said doors. l

29. In a dumping car, ihe combination with a car body and a. phnali-v of dumpingr doors forming a hopper in seid car holly, of indepemlentlv rispernhle hell crank ievcr mechanism for operating each of seid doors. f

.30. In a dumping wir'. ihn combination with e wir body mul a pinna lili' .of dumping doors forming :1 hopper in said car body,

bulk hemis hex'ienlgh said hopper nt opposite- Aends of said doors, und indcpcndenti? op crahie hell crank levers carried said bulii hezids for unending cach of said doors.A

3i. in .f1 door iiprraiing device, the Vcombinarion comprising a door, a guiding brackei carried ly (he door, n liftingmcans in interposed lever ,positively en rnc 'crac-het to pushopen Said door .ie-rnd of said lifting means rising lignee plane. i Lin ,a cnr .door .operating fdevice, th combination comprisinga door, a positive door rewriting means vinchiding an' inferA posed bell crank adapted .to push vopen said door while one endiof said litingmeans is risi..g to e higher plane. i

233. In a car door operating device, the combination comprising.dooropening means, including a bell crank level-.supported vindependently of a door above the lower edge of the door when in open position and adapted to actuartc said doorn-'and a projection on said door adopted to be eingagedl by seid bell crank during movement thereof.

34. In a door operating device, the comhinotion comprising a door, a bell crank-lever rockably mounted below'said door when in ciosed position, a stop for vlimitingthemovement of said lever in one direction, and means engaged by said lever while moving away from said stop adapted for forcing the door open. l

In a car door operating device ofthe compression type, a pivotcd bellfcrank lever loo 37. In a hopper door operating ldevice,

the combination comprising a. door, .a stop on said door, a bell crank levcrhaving an `arm adapted to abut one part of said g stop to hold said door in locked position and to contact with another part of said Astop to open the door.Y e

3S. In a car'doorv actuating device, the combination of a hopper bottom, a door, a member slidably mounted lbeneath said door, and means including a bell crank lever having' a fixed ,fulcrnm adapted to actuate said member to open said door.

39. In a car door operating device, the combination of a hopper bottom, a door having a guiding bracket on the underside thereof, a member slidably mounted within said bracket, and means including a bell crunk lever having a fixedffulcrumadapted to actuele said member to open Said door.

fil). In a car, the combination with an underrame, of 'a doorLn member slidably mounted beneath said door, and means including aheii crank lever havingsafixed fulcrinn within the undcrframe adaptedzto act-unie said member fo open andl close sziid door.

41. In a car door operating device,. the combination of ziv door, a` member slidably cluding a, bell crank lever having a.' fixed 5 fulcrum adapted to actuate said member to lock said door in closed position. I 42. In a railro;.l cal',A a hopper bottom, a `door for vclosing said bottom,' .and a bell l crank lever engaging said door to open the l '10 Satine positively. y

i door for Closing said bobom, mounted beneath sand door, and means mi f Crank lever engaging said door f.

43. n a railroa car, beppe-'x' same. into open position.

In witness whereof, have l'if` i"" my hand in the presence of two CLEMENT HAREN Witnesses: HERBERT W'. Womf,

OSCAR Hooriximo. 

